Robert M. Hall pushes the Flash Platform in unique directions. Over the past 11 years working with Flash his award winning projects have included developing and integrating Flash into next generation ATM machines, self-service coin-counters, millimeter wave radar body scanners, specialty kiosks and secure banking applications.

Robert is currently an independent contractor focusing on utilizing Flash with Flash Media Server for online video delivery, as well as leveraging Flash in interactive exhibits and kiosks for experiential destinations, such as museums, interpretive centers and other venues. His focus on the Flash Platform also finds him exploring human-computer interaction on mobile devices such as Pocket PC’s and Flash Lite capable devices and handsets as well as custom iPhone application development.

Robert has contributed to six books on Macromedia Adobe Flash design and development as well as many articles for online publications including Macromedia’s Abobe’s DevNet. He has been a presenter at FlashForward in NY in 2001 and 2004, Macromedia MAX 2005 in Anaheim, CA and Adobe MAX 2006 in Las Vegas.

Robert also presents and speaks regularly about Flash in his role as the manager of the Philadelphia Flash Platform Adobe User Group - http://www.pfpaug.org/ as well as assisting with the local Philadelphia Flex User Group - http://phflex.org/ and is quite active in the local Philadelphia community as an official Adobe Community Expert as well as an official Adobe Solution Partner for Flash and Flash Media Server projects.

Additional Phildelphia based community group affiliations include:

• Make:Philly - http://www.makephilly.com/ - Charter member
• PANMA - http://www.panma.org/
• Cocoaheads - http://cocoaheads.org/
• The Hacktory - http://thehacktory.org/
• Advisory Board Member Philly Creative Guide: http://www.phillycreativeguide.com/
• Advisory Board Member Klein Art Gallery - http://www.kleinartgallery.com/